Hot Rods GOING TO TRY IT AGAIN ~ 5 SPOKE MAGS

Please post only HAMB friendly cars & trucks (pre 65 ) and period mags please.HRP

 

^^^Some people could fuck up a free lunch.

Keeping it on topic.

 

Once again my 348 tripower 55

 

oops, actually didnt know I was stepping into something here until I read the other post, I still had it ready to paste from yesterday and hit it again.......I have heard the expression of screwing up a soup sandwich.....delete....fixed

 

No..Its an Iron cannon ball that so hard to screw up

 

I cycle between original one piece American Racing D-200s and a recent version of the 2-piece polished American 5-spokes. I have sc View attachment 3456260 uffed and painted the spokes with Rutoleum Stainless Steel spray bomb.

 

I have always like 5 spokes,this is my 63 1/2 Falcon sprint,the photo is from 1966. HRP

 

I deleted the thread last night.
I also just went back and revisited it.
there were 24 photos that could have been deemed on topic
there were 26 photos that were marginally on topic, ie: wheels that were not available until '64 or later
and 36 photos of either off topic vehicles, wheels or tires (some all three)

so far this thread seems to be headed down the same path.

 

Agree. I did not see the original thread. Both of my examples are post 1964. Sorry. I do run Radir repops on my 57' Ford.

 

five spokes are a tough one to fit the traditional definition
as most were not available until the cut off date here.

if it looks like a wheel tire combo that may have happened up until the mid sixties-
especially on an earlier car,
it is more likely to be well received..

 

'62 Lark. CBC. 4 speed. 9 inch. Never really liked these wheels and tires on it.

 

I love the 5 spoke TorqThrusts, had 'em on my '46 Coupe in '62: They were magnesium, came with instructions:
"If these wheels are committed to street use they must me X-rayed every 60 days for cracks."
Hoo-wah. Sam the Barber ('61 Impala) and I were the first two in San Jose to run 'em!

My son slid me into my '63-1/2 Ford Galaxie Fastback in '94. It was equipped with a narrowed '58 Nine inch rear, American Torqthrusts all around. FE power.

My '55 F100 has a set of 5 spoke, 2 piece Turner/Palemides wheels, predecessors to the TorqThrusts that Romeo sold the patterns for to American Racing. One of them is depicted in my avatar...
2 bolts per spoke, 3/8" stainless; protruding 'hub' design, 7-14" cap.
Design was drawn up by Chuck Turner (Sacramento) to compliment F100s.
Look like a Kelsey-Hayes design, (intended) Only a few sets were cast, Romeo offered the patterns to Dick Beith, (ET Mags) who refused them. Hmmm...ever see an ET III?

 

Mike - a picture is worth a thousand words. Keep typing or post up.

 

Wish I had pics...scanner on my 'Brother' printer is inop, have to have smart young wife look at it...
NICE Tudor!

 

If you do a hard '64 cut-off, there's not many alloy wheels that qualify....

Personally, I think Torque-thrust D spokes are street rod wheels as these were introduced in mid-'64 and were designed for disc brakes on the Corvette. Not really seen 'back in the day', it was only after they were reissued were they seen in any numbers.

 

My dad bought the first set of 5 spokes I had ever seen and put them on his new 1962 Galaxie,but yeah,they were close to the cut off date. HRP

 

Someone mentioned International Dragmasters on the first go-round, a wheel not seen much anymore, at least not with the original center caps.
My first car was a black 61 Impala 4 door hardtop bought in 69 at age 15.
It came with Dragmasters on it and they had been painted black, looked pretty neat at the time as it was a black car.
Not many first cars came with mags already installed.
Sorry, no photos of car, all got lost many years ago.
I did find this cool article (with photos) about them though, the over 50 guys should find it pretty entertaining.

http://phscollectorcarworld.blogspot.com/2016/04/retro-flashback-feature-dragmaster.html

 

my '55 and dad's hardtop from the 60's and his 2dr. post w/org. 5-spokes

 

Crummy scan of a glossy photo.

 

That's a good looking 55 Chevy. HRP

 

Vintage 15" Cragar SS's

 

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The International Dragmasters with Firestone 7.75 - 15 tires on front.
The caps are ET.

 

Since Torque Thrust D's have been declared "street rod wheels" I will not repost the pic of my RPU. Wouldn't want Danny's thread to get closed again.

 

Guess I'll bite again... Love "real" MAG Americans as much today as yesterday . By rights any Alum ones are borderline OT,especially reissues . These aren't ...

IMG_3733 by bowie posted Aug 1, 2014 at 6:57 PM

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When I bought the 10.00 by 16 rears for my gasser I was one proud puppy, then a yr later I got the flat spoke fronts